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	Prickly pear cactus, Ecology and management
	Publication #: MP-111.11 Date Published: 07/30/2009 Publication Author(s): Michael Smith Michael Henn Kelly Crane

Description:
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha), frequently referred to as plains prickly pear, is a widespread, thorny, succulent plant common throughout the Great Plains. Plains prickly pear cactus has been identified as a serious impediment to livestock production on more than 5 million acres of rangeland in eastern Wyoming and eastern Colorado.

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